Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of cruciferous plants, consisting of annual, perennial, and shrubby species, distinguished by having the two outer petals larger than the others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A genus of Old World herbs and subshrubs including the
candytuft .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany Any
plant of thegenus Iberis; acandytuft .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft
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Examples
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The patches of candytuft, iberis, in front and back seem to have a more dense flowering than is usual also.
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Quoniamfiyoluifles facrificium dediflem utique: ho* locaufliis non delect.iberis. fiamfi cafa quidem tibt vi£ftma nrft a plac reh Miite arascaderetviiitma muiia tuas.
Reverendissimi patris Fr. Francisci de Macedo ... Carmina selecta 1683
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